Camacho (MH734r)

Camacho (MH734r)
Compound Glyph

Glyph or Iconographic Image Description: 

This black-line drawing of the compound glyph for the personal name Camacho (a Spanish surname) is attested here as a Nahua man’s name. The glyph shows a frontal view of a mouth and jaw (camachalli), which serves as a phonetic indicator for Camacho. A black dot appears on the chin, perhaps to draw attention to that spot. This part of the face is not surrounded by the rest of the face. The corner of the mouth is perforated by a rope or cord (perhaps a mecatl), which is twisted and tied into a loop shape.

Description, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Added Analysis: 

A few Nahua men (more than women) were beginning to use Spanish surnames along with their baptismal first names by the time of this manuscript (1560). See two other examples below.

Added Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Gloss Image: 
Gloss Diplomatic Transcription: 

juā. Camacho.

Gloss Normalization: 

Juan Camacho

Gloss Analysis, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Source Manuscript: 
Huexotzinco, Matrícula de (MH)
Date of Manuscript: 

1560

Creator's Location (and place coverage): 

Huejotzingo, Puebla

Semantic Categories: 
personal name
Syntax: 
noun(s)
Writing Features: 
compound of phonogram(s) & logogram(s)
Cultural Content & Iconography: 
Anatomy, human body parts
Gender (male)
Names (personal and/or theonym)
Rope, cord
Cultural Content, Credit: 

Jeff Haskett-Wood

Colors: 
black & white drawing (no color)
Shapes and Perspectives: 
frontal view
tied, bound, or bundled
Keywords: 

mandíbulas, fonetismo, nombres españoles, nombres de hombres

Glyph or Iconographic Image: 
Relevant Nahuatl Dictionary Word(s): 

camachal(li), jaw or jawbone, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/camachalli
meca(tl), rope or cord, https://nahuatl.wired-humanities.org/content/mecatl

Glyph/Icon Name, Spanish Translation: 

Camacho

Spanish Translation, Credit: 

Stephanie Wood

Image Source: 

Matrícula de Huexotzinco, folio 734r, World Digital Library, https://www.loc.gov/resource/gdcwdl.wdl_15282/?sp=546&st=image.

Image Source, Rights: 

This manuscript is hosted by the Library of Congress and the World Digital Library; used here with the Creative Commons, “Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License” (CC-BY-NC-SAq 3.0).

Historical Contextualizing Image: 
See Also: 

Nieto (MH720v)

de Olmos (MH729r)